{"id":16592,"date":"2017-02-17T23:11:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T22:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/?p=16592\/"},"modified":"2017-02-28T01:24:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T00:24:32","slug":"organics-reanimated-pistachio-shell-textures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/en\/organics-reanimated-pistachio-shell-textures\/","title":{"rendered":"Organics reanimated: Pistachio shell textures"},"content":{"rendered":"

So many\u00a0seemingly ordinary things carry\u00a0in themselves\u00a0an own beauty. And yet, they\u00a0end up thrown away without thinking much. But what if these little things of everyday life get a second life?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the moment, I am totally drawn to everything that is organic. Pistachio shells, for example. I love\u00a0their\u00a0form, which is always the same and yet different. Each of them\u00a0is a small individual and has a special color, is a little more arched or flatter, lighter or darker, carries purple parts, yellow or green in itself. Many of them put\u00a0together, whether as sheds or in rows as on a counting board, unfold a very own effect.<\/p>\n

Organic experimenting<\/h3>\n

The small wooden objects fascinate me in their simple form, their small soul. For several weeks now, I have been experimenting with the recycled material, laying it in cement, painting it with acrylic paint, bathing\u00a0it in wax. Now, I have started to combine it with glass and pebbles. You can see what happened in the gallery above. I will post some other works in the next weeks.<\/p>\n

Secret sources<\/h3>\n

You may ask yourself now\u00a0if I have become round like a pistachio with all those kilos of them used in my mosaics? Well,\u00a0I am creating\u00a0all sorts of recipes with\u00a0the nourishing little ones: pistachio ice cream, pistachio bread, pistachio pesto. But don’t worry: I invite people to eat it with me, so everything is fine. I invite them also to bring their pistacchio shells with them for their visit.<\/p>\n

Pistachios and fingernails<\/h3>\n

By the way: Did you know that pistachio shells\u00a0were the predecessors of artificial fingernails? In the early 19th century, many ladies of the upper class glued\u00a0empty pistachios on their fingernails, which contributed to the slow spread of artificially modified nails in Europe. I am not a fan of long fingernails, but I find the approach very nice, because it shows how creatively generations before us\u00a0have reused material for different needs. And I am happy to know that pistacchio shells\u00a0are not only destroyers of fingernails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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